Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bethnal Green]
This page requires JavaScript
Continued from previous page...
CAUSE OF DEATH. | AGES. | Total under 5 years. | Total. | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
0 to 1 | 1 to 5 | 5 to 15 | 15 to 25 | 25 to 33 | 35 to 45 | 45 to 55 | 55 to 65 | 65 to 75 | 75 to 85 | 85 and upwards | |||
VII.—Violence (continued). | |||||||||||||
Cut, Stab | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | |
Burn, Scald | .. | 7 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Poison | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Drowning | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Suffocation | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 42 | |||
Otherwise | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Manslaughter | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Murder | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Gunshot Wound | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Cut, Stab | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Poison | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | ||
Drowning | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
Hanging | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | |||
Otherwise | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
VIII.—Ill-defined Causes. | |||||||||||||
Dropsy | .. | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | ||||
Debility, Atrophy, Inanition | 82 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 3 | .. | 172 | |||
Mortification | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 2 | .. | 2 | |||
Tumour | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Abscess | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Hæmorrhage | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | ||
Sudden Death (cause not ascertained) | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Causes not Specified or Ill-defined | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | 1 | 3 | 8 |